Vitamin E boosts prostate cancer risk, study finds
An article in the Washington Post reports the study of 35,000 healthy men showed that those who took vitamin E in large daily doses were 17% more likely to develop prostate cancer. .......................................................................................... "Large daily doses of Vitamin E, long touted as a virtual wonder drug that could protect against cancer, heart disease, dementia and other ailments, actually increase the risk for prostate cancer among middle-aged men, according to a large federal study released Tuesday. The analysis of data from more than 35,000 healthy men concluded that those who took Vitamin E every day at the large dose levels commonly sold in drug, grocery and health food stores were 17 percent more likely to develop prostate cancer. “You really have to question now how taking Vitamin E will help someone,” said Eric A. Klein , a Cleveland Clinic prostate cancer expert who led what had been hoped to be a cancer-prevention study. “...